Israeli soldiers attack journalists on West Bank
Source: The Guardian
Israeli soldiers attack journalists on West Bank
Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem
Friday 25 September 2015 19.36 BST
A dramatic video has emerged showing Israeli soldiers make an unprovoked assault on two journalists working for Agence France-Presse during a demonstration on the West Bank.
According to AFPs bureau chief, Thomas Cox, the two men Andrea Bernardi, an Italian videographer working for the organisation, and Abbas Momani had arrived in the village of Beit Furik near Nablus on Friday to cover a demonstration that followed the funeral of a Palestinian who had died after being shot by Israeli security forces a week ago.
The video shot by a Palmedia camera crew from the demonstrators side shows the two men walking down the road towards the protest before having their equipment seized and smashed. During the encounter, which is under investigation by the Israeli army, Bernardi was punched in the neck and face by a soldier.
They had passed the first checkpoint of the border police with their press cards without problem. Andrea paused to check his camera settings and as he was doing so a soldier immediately arrived and told him to stop filming and pushed his camera. He then took the camera and smashed it.
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